Legislative analysis, campaign finance, and the people shaping state policy; from someone who's been in the room.
When government claims the power to protect adults from their own choices, personal responsibility gives way to state supervision. Seatbelt laws may seem like a small example, but they reveal a much larger problem: the gradual acceptance of paternalistic government in everyday life.
After days of reflection following Thomas Massie’s primary defeat, the deeper lesson is becoming clear: elections alone will not save liberty. Real change begins in homes, communities, businesses, churches, and everyday acts of courage. Preserving freedom requires people willing to lead, educate, build, speak truth, and carry the torch for future generations even when the political system feels broken.
An examination of the political cost of standing on principle in modern American politics, and why ideological consistency increasingly clashes with party loyalty, populism, and political expediency.
Political parties rise and fall, but principles endure. A look at why ideological consistency, individual liberty, and moral conviction should outweigh blind party loyalty.
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View Archive →A Texas Tech graduate and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst, I've spent the last decade running liberty-focused campaigns, staffing Texas lawmakers, and working in public policy. I currently serve as President of Texas Policy Research, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to the legislative process and advancing liberty-based solutions that improve governance across the Lone Star State.
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